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Make service delivery agenda for Kenya’s 2017 election

Young Catholics perform a dance as a peace banner is seen at the centre during the Catholics Bishops National prayers for Peaceful and Credible Elections and also launch of Lenten Campaign 2017 at the University of Nairobi grounds. PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA

The ability of politicians to control the news agenda in Kenya at the expense of other matters of national importance is worrisome.

A good recent illustration of this is the news coverage of the ongoing strike by medical practitioners and dentists versus the news coverage of the voter listing campaigns led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.

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